Melissa is the founder, CEO and principal coach at BRAVA, specialising in voiceover and high performance voice, speech and communication coaching and consulting.

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She is a trained actor and has extensive experience across marketing, advertising, broadcasting and the corporate world, cutting her teeth as a breakfast host on UK commercial radio networks, then moving on to Head of Communications for a range of digital agencies and startups, which took her to San Francisco, California for 2 years. 

 

She regularly speaks at industry events and has taught at a number of institutions, including Bristol Old Vic Theatre School on their MFA Voice Studies Programme, Paul McCartney's LIPA, Ravensbourne University and the Royal Society of Arts, London. She has trained hundreds of acting and voice professionals, as well as corporate clients from tech, finance, biotech and the creative industries.

 

Melissa currently hosts the HIGH NOTES podcast and  is a judge for the SOVAS Awards, the ARIAS, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a member of VASTA, a Women in Games Ambassador and a full voting member of BAFTA.

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With a Mauritian mother, she is proud of her Indo-African roots and  is committed to helping increase her clients' confidence - with a firm focus on supporting women in the workplace.  

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